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William S. Dato

Justice, Court of Appeal · California Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division One · 2017–2026

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 4th District 2017– · Judge, Superior Court of California, County of San Diego 2003–2017

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98% — 467.5 of 477 opinions sound, per qwen3.8-27b; in the top 58% of 80 graded judges

On the assumption that the model is right — qwen3.8-27b reads the court's own disposition right 70% of the time, graded on a curve: A is the top fifth of the judges graded under this model, F the bottom fifth; ++ / + / − / −− within the band. How the grade is made.

535opinions authored
1,609panels sat on (not as author)

Analysis

No analyses yet. When they exist, this shows counts of the model's findings across this judge's reviewed cases — with the court's own dispositions beside them, and only from 10 cases.

Cases authored (every role)

  1. Marriage of Angelica G. and Joshua G. CA4/1 D085644 · 2026-09-23 · family · affirmed
  2. People v. Copeland CA4/1 D085239 · 2026-09-23 · criminal · affirmed
  3. Regents of the U. of Cal. v. Murphy CA4/1 D084092 · 2026-09-10 · civil · reversed in part
  4. People v. Laster CA4/1 D085438 · 2026-09-09 · criminal · affirmed
  5. Business Alliance Ins. Co. v. Celis CA4/1 D086880 · 2026-09-01 · civil · reversed
  6. Lugo v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. CA4/1 D087797 · 2026-09-01 · civil · affirmed
  7. Marriage of Cervantes and Rodriguez CA4/1 D087798 · 2026-09-01 · family · affirmed
  8. People v. Adams CA4/1 D084606 · 2026-09-01 · criminal · affirmed
  9. People v. Palmer CA4/1 D085702 · 2026-08-28 · criminal · affirmed
  10. Hickenbottom v. Medical Solutions D086542 · 2026-08-26 · civil · dismissed
  11. Amini v. Dept. of Motor Vehicles CA4/1 D085964 · 2026-08-25 · civil · reversed in part
  12. In re N.S. CA4/1 D087765 · 2026-08-25 · dependency · affirmed
  13. In re W.J. CA4/1 D087869 · 2026-08-21 · dependency · reversed in part
  14. People v. Madrid CA4/1 D084822 · 2026-08-13 · criminal · reversed in part
  15. People v. Basler CA4/1 D085094 · 2026-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  16. Richardson v. Crowell CA4/1 D084009 · 2026-08-04 · civil · affirmed
  17. People v. Colin CA4/1 D085618 · 2026-08-04 · criminal · affirmed
  18. People v. Grajeda CA4/1 D088200 · 2026-08-03 · criminal · affirmed
  19. People v. Johnson CA4/1 D085437 · 2026-08-03 · criminal · affirmed
  20. Cluck v. GEO Secure Services D087341 · 2026-08-03 · civil · affirmed
  21. Morales v. Super. Ct. D087448 · 2026-08-03 · civil · writ granted
  22. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D087041 · 2026-07-24 · criminal · affirmed
  23. People v. Contreras CA4/1 D084485 · 2026-07-17 · criminal · reversed in part
  24. Sua v. Super. Ct. D087742 · 2026-07-16 · criminal · other
  25. People v. Garcia CA4/1 D085603 · 2026-07-13 · criminal · affirmed